Pocatello Police Department

By the Pocatello Police Department's own Service Level Report for 2025, sworn officers in the southeast Idaho city responded to 25,568 calls in fiscal year 2025, and 44 percent of them drew two or more officers. The patrol division is authorized 62 sworn officers, including supervisors, working five weekday and weekend shifts, and the report acknowledges it is several positions short. The department's 2026 adopted budget is about $21.5 million, supporting 147 full-time positions. Its traffic unit investigated 940 crashes, while a 20-week field training program put 13 new officers through 6,280 hours of instruction. The K9 unit logged 252 deployments and found or seized more than 24 kilograms of methamphetamine, along with fentanyl and cocaine. Ten drone pilots fly 11 drones, including two with thermal cameras, and use them to find missing people, document shooting scenes and locate suspects. A combined SWAT and crisis negotiation team, authorized 24 members, logged six callouts and nearly 2,400 training hours. Detectives were assigned 844 cases, including 200 child protection referrals, and closed or cleared 78 percent. The department also runs D.A.R.E., a citizen police academy, a cadet program and a youth leadership academy.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Pocatello city, ID has an estimated population of 57,152.